Tracey Gaudry

Tracey Gaudry née Watson is an Australian female cycle racer who started riding seriously early in 1992 with support from the Victorian Institute of Sport's (V.I.S.) cycling coach, Donna Rae-Szalenski from Geelong, and the Geelong West Cycling Club.

From 1995 Tracey was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.

After her marriage in 1996, Tracey joined the Australian Women's Road squad overseas in 1997, coached by James Victor.

In 1999 she turned professional, riding for teams EBLY in France, and TIMEX in USA.

In the same year Ms. Gaudry won the Women's Cycling Tour de Snowy. Originally sponsored by the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Authority and the NSW Department of Sport & Recreation, the Tour de Snowy was discontinued in 2003 due to lack of sponsorship. However, in mid-2011 Cycling Australia shared in funding from the Australian Sports Commission (on which Michael Turtur is a Board Member) through the Australian Government’s Women in Sport Media Grants, an initiative to increase the exposure and reach of women’s sport in the Australian media. In 2012 Cycling Australia in association with SBS Television presented to viewers the Cycling Australia 'Women & Wheels' Series.

Career

Tracey Gaudry is :

Chief Executive Officer at Amy Gillett Foundation, appointed by its Board.^[1] .....Amy Gillett Foundation, Director & Community Support ^[2]

Member - Anti-Doping Review Violation Panel to report to the Board of the Australian Sports Commission which includes Michael Turtur.

Ms. Gaudry worked for Jacobs Australia, April 2003–Sep.2009 ; for DLA Phillips Fox, Jan.–July 2010 ; and from July 2010 to the present time for the Amy Gillett Foundation.

She was elected to head the UCI Oceanian Cycling Confederation on 2 December 2012, succeeding predecessor Mike Turtur. The vote was first split 2-2, but pressure was put on Guam to switch their vote by their own Olympic committee,^[3] and she won unanimously after Fiji followed. The two other voting members were Australia and New Zealand, which supported Ms. Gaudry's candidacy from the start.^[4]